patress
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of pateras, from Latin patera (“dish, saucer”).
Noun[edit]
patress (plural patresses)
- an adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, eg in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “pattress” in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.